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According to a report, 99% of people placed in supportive housing in Multnomah County remain housed a year later.

November 7, 2023 by Joann

Ninety-nine percent of people Multnomah County helped move into permanent supportive housing in the 2021-2022 fiscal year with proceeds from the state-approved Housing Services Tax voters remained stably housed a year later, county officials announced Monday. Of the 532 people housed using those funds, only five returned homeless, officials with the City of Portland-Portland County … Read more

India heading towards critical point of groundwater depletion, UN report warns

October 26, 2023 by Joann

India is on the verge of reaching its tipping point in groundwater depletion, warns a new report released by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS ). The Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023, which examines six environmental tipping points that are accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, melting mountain glaciers, space debris, unbearable … Read more

Three Chinese listed companies used parts of endangered animals as ingredients, report says

October 22, 2023 by Joann

A rescued pangolin purchased from a wildlife seller is seen resting at the Green Finger Garden in Lagos, Nigeria July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Seun Sanni acquire licensing rights SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Three publicly listed Chinese pharmaceutical companies, whose investors include global banks such as UBS and HSBC, have used parts of endangered animals … Read more

Defying physics: Faster-than-light potential of quasiparticles could usher in a new era of powerful compact light sources – The report

October 20, 2023 by Joann

An international team of scientists has discovered that when groups of particles behave as a single entity, called quasiparticles, they behave in ways that appear to defy the laws of physics, including moving faster than the speed of light. Harnessing the physics-defying properties of quasiparticles could lead to new ultra-bright light sources, potentially paving the … Read more